Tribes: Ascend receives first major patch, removes speed cap

Hot on the heels of the Tribes: Ascend impressions article we posted yesterday, Hi-Rez Studios has just released the first major update to the closed beta, and it is major indeed. Main highlights include removal of the speed cap and other physics changes, the addition of a new map, a ton of bug fixes, and my personal favorite, borderless window support in the video options. Servers were taken down earlier today to apply the update, but they should be back up now.

For those already in the closed beta, this update brings nothing but good things, and I’m very interested to see how the removal of the speed cap affects the pace of the game. If you’re not already in the closed beta, make sure to follow @KBMODGaming on Twitter for your chance to win a Tribes: Ascend closed beta key tomorrow!

Additional Items

Players who leave or disconnect from a match will now receive XP and Tokens for their time in game, once that match has ended. [NOTE: Some issues remain if you are offline when the match you were in has ended. These are being researched and should be fixed in an upcoming patch].

VIP Experience now properly awarded to VIP players on Free Servers (while VIP Servers are not in function). Rank Experience is not increased by VIP or Boost anymore.

New tooltips for Skills and redesigned layout for the Skills popup window.

Added two-step process for selecting both class perks at the same time.

Makes me laugh how this exceeds the amount of fixes call of duty gets in a year. Really looking forward to playing this game!

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Brandon

Brandon started his PC gaming days playing Doom II (IDDQD/IDKFA for life) and has been hooked on online gaming since the original Starsiege: Tribes. The way to his heart is through proper grammar, corn dogs, and cookie cake.

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